Seattle Japanese Garden to Reopen Saturday March 6, 2021

Due to current health and safety guidelines regarding Covid-19, the garden is restricting visitor numbers.  For visits Friday-Sunday and holidays, tickets must be purchased in advance.  On Tuesday-Thursday, walk-up visitors are welcomed into the garden on a first-come, first-served basis.  Please be aware that if the garden is at capacity, walk-up entry may not be available.

There are not yet links on the garden web site for advance ticket purchase.  For more information about the garden opening, go to the Japanese Garden Web site.

To make a Reservation to visit the Garden, Go to:

Seattle Parks and Recreation

NAJGA History of Japanese Gardens in U.S. - Webinar Series

The North American Japanese Garden Association together with the Japan Foundation is presenting a 14 Webinar series focusing on the history and development of Japanese Gardens in the U.S.  The first program was Thursday Feb. 18th at 4pm titled "130 Years of Public Japanese Gardens in the United States: Series Introduction," presented by Makoto Suzuki & Kendall Brown.  Future webinars in the series will be presented every Thursday at 4pm.  The webinars are free.

For a full list of webinars and sign up links, click here.

February Snow in the Seattle Japanese Garden

Two melt days after a 12" snowfall, the Seattle Japanese Garden is still covered in snow.  It is magical.  See more photos on the Special Events page.

(All images by Peggy Garber)

Sneak Preview - Winter 2021 Pond Renovation is well underway.

See more photos and details on the "History" page of this Community Blog.
New photos added 2/19/2021

Japanese Gardens for Renewal and Healing

 This wonderful link came via the NAJGA (North American Japanese Garden Association) e-Newsletter.

Everyone Needs a JapaneseGarden | Portland Japanese Garden - YouTube

Reflections from the Japanese Garden Community

Contributions from:

Sadafumi Uchiyama, Kendal Brown, Ayse Pogue,

David Rettig, Tim Gruner, Thom Gerst, Phil Pochoda,

Michael Rabkin, Daniel Hirshberg & Kathryn Heislup

2020 Foreign Minister's Commendation

The Seattle Japanese Garden as been awarded the 2020 Foreign Minister's Commendation from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  This commendation is awarded “to individuals and groups with outstanding achievements in international fields, in order to acknowledge their contributions to the promotion of friendship between Japan and other countries and areas.”

Read more:  2020 Foreign Minister's Commendation — Seattle Japanese Garden

Photo by Aurora Santiago